Hort Leader bei Leipzig International School

Hort Leader (m/f/d) bei Leipzig International School

Leipzig International School

General

Job Start: 01 November 2024
Location: Könneritzstraße 47, 04229 Leipzig
Contract: full-time (40h / week), initially fixed-term for 2 years followed by the option of a subsequent employment contract with an infinite duration

Your tasks and responsibilities

The Hort Leader reports to the Head of School and is responsible for Hort and Holiday Hort, as well as the positive development of primary students whilst promoting an environment where all students feel safe, secure and valued. Together with the Primary School Principal, s/he oversees the Educator in Class (EiC) programme.

The Hort Leader is the direct line manager for the Hort team members. S/he is a member of the School Management team and, as such, shares responsibility for the school as a whole. The Hort Leader is accountable to the Head of School, with whom s/he meets regularly, keeping him/her informed about decisions and developments in the Hort. The Head of School may assign additional duties and responsibilities consistent with the qualifications and the position.

Leading team development

Lead a team of Educators and Social Work professionals, whose job it is to provide care, learning opportunities and social education before school, during school breaks, after school and during school holidays.
Be responsible for the ongoing development, implementation and revision of the Hort’s educational concept.
Supervise, manage and provide together with Hort colleagues quality Hort and Holiday Hort involves goal setting, programme evaluation and ongoing documentation processes.
Ensure the creation of stimulating learning environments in Hort and during Holiday Hort.
Oversee the planning and daily implementation of the Primary School enrichment programme.
Ensure that every colleague participates in the performance management system, which includes conducting regular formal observations of Hort colleagues, providing feedback and holding self-assessment talks, and creating professional development plans with each individual colleague.
Plan and organize professional development days.
Be responsible for recruitment process including interviewing, hiring decisions as well as contract renewal decisions, and training of new colleagues.
Prepare and chair a weekly Hort team meeting.
Oversee the implementation and evaluation of Primary School’s social programming, including Playground Buddies and Peer Mediators.
Be responsible and keep up to date with the internal procedures for managing trainees, volunteers, interns and support staff (sign-out assistants)

Programme Administration

Maintain oversight of the duties assigned to the Assistant Hort Leader, including: annual Hort spending budget, Holiday Hort scheduling, daily rotas for Hort and Duty, Absence tracking and cover arrangements, Hort staff’s personal holiday planning, inventory, and facility upkeep
Collaborate closely with colleagues in the Business Office in regards to personnel planning, recruitment, finances, purchasing, public relations, Holiday Hort fee deductions and strategic planning

Create Alignment

Work within Primary School Management team to ensure an effective, common approach to students and families
Together with Primary School Management team continuously monitor, evaluate and evolve the Educator-in-Class programme

Exercise of Duties

Perform in accordance with any direction that may reasonably be given by the Head of School, such duties as may reasonably assigned in order to achieve all elements in this job description, or any other duties deemed to be in the interest of the students or the school in genera.
Maintain a personal, up-to-date knowledge of legal requirements concerning Hort programming as well as Saxony’s Educational Curriculum for Kindergarten.
Attend in-service courses to help achieve this knowledge

Set the Strategic Direction

Participate in meetings of the school’s management team
As part of Management team, work with the Head of School and Primary School Management team to develop the strategy and development plans for the Primary School
work closely with the Primary Principal and Assistant Primary Principal for learning, take responsibility for the positive development of Primary School students.
Collaborate with the Primary School Management team in developing and agreeing to the Primary School development plan.
Guide Hort team development and professional development processes, which includes the creation and attain